
[Federal Register: May 28, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 103)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0118; FRL-8572-3]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Determine Percentage of High 
Evaporative Emissions Vehicles in On-Road Fleet, EPA ICR Number 
2292.01, OMB Control Number 2060-NEW

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request for a new collection. 
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 27, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2008-0118, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 
Docket and Information Center, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: 
Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Constance Hart, Assessment and 
Standards Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 
48105; telephone number: (734) 214-4340; fax number: (734) 214-4939; e-
mail address: hart.connie@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On February 14, 2008 (73 FR 8661), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0118, which is available for public viewing at the 
Air Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading 
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air Docket is 
(202) 566-1742.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA receives 
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted 
material, confidential business information (CBI), or other information 
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further 
information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Determine Percentage of High Evaporative Emissions Vehicles 
in On-road Fleet.
    ICR Number: EPA ICR No. 2292.01, OMB Control No. 2060-NEW.
    ICR Status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity. 
An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of information, unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: In response to recommendations from the National Research 
Council of the National Academy of Sciences, EPA is initiating a 
systematic data collection to estimate the fraction of light-duty 
vehicles with high levels of evaporative emissions. Data to be 
collected include vehicle type, recent repair history and ``in-use'' or 
``real-world'' evaporative emission rates.
    The collection is a test program, to be conducted by the Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) in the Office of Air and 
Radiation (OAR). This study will combine novel, newly developed test 
procedures with statistical survey design to estimate the number of 
vehicles with high evaporative emissions. The new procedures will be 
developed in a pilot study that will precede the actual test program. 
Development of new test procedures employing new technology and test 
methods promises to substantially reduce the cost of evaporative 
emissions measurement as well as improve the accuracy of these 
estimates.
    The test program itself will be conducted in Region 6, and 
participation in the program shall be voluntary. The pilot program 
shall be conducted in EPA Region 8, and participation in it shall also 
be voluntary. Evaporative emissions will be measured using a variety of 
methods that will include Remote Sensing, an infra-red camera 
specifically designed to detect fugitive hydrocarbon emissions and a 
hydrocarbon sniffer designed for automotive applications. Remote 
sensing data will be collected prior to a standard I/M test as the 
vehicle approaches the facility. Those owners solicited that agree to 
participate in the program shall be provided with a rental car and 
their vehicle immediately subjected to the test protocol outlined below 
as resources permit. Following quality-assurance and analysis, the data 
will be stored in OTAQ's Mobile Source Observation Database.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's 
regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on 
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is

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estimated to average 2 hours per response. Burden means the total time, 
effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, 
maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a 
Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; 
develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the 
purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, 
processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing 
information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously 
applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to 
respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete 
and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Private individuals.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2000 .
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3530.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $91,533, includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: This is a new collection so there is no 
change from a previously approved burden.

    Dated: May 21, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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